Definitions for: Decency

[n] the quality of being polite and respectable
[n] the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

Webster (1913) Definition: De"cen*cy, n.; pl. Decencies. [L. decentia, fr.
decens: cf. F. d['e]cence. See Decent.]
1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or
becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in
social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper
formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom
from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

Observances of time, place, and of decency in
general. --Burke.

Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of
decency is want of sense. --Roscommon.

2. That which is proper or becoming.

The external decencies of worship. --Atterbury.

Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all
her words and actions. --Milton.

Antonyms: indecency

See Also: correctitude, modesty, properness, propriety, reputability, respectability

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